North Carolina
travels to Rutgers to play the Scarlet Knights in the
only major sporting event in the New York
metropolitan area on the anniversary of 911.

It’s the second game for each team as the Tar Heels were
lackluster in a win to McNeese
State, while Rutgers
was dominated on national television by Fresno
State. Rutgers
is trying to live without all-everything Ray Rice.

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The Tar Heels have lost 20 consecutive games straight up
outside the state of North Carolina.
They have three sophomores and a junior at cornerback and will be going up
against two players who had 1,000 or more receiving yards last year Kenny Britt
and Tiquan Underwood.

Here are some against the spread betting trends. North
Carolina is 0-5 to the Big East. Rutgers
is 10-2 in non-conference games, 8-3 to against teams with a winning record and
10-4 off ATS loss. However, the Scarlet Knights have lost five straight on
grass.

North Carolina
has gone over 15-of-22 on the road. Rutgers has gone
over 9-1 off a bye week.

Earlier today, we took a look at against the spread
betting trends for the Vikings-Packers and Broncos-Raiders. Now let’s
review some sports betting news and notes. NFL betting odds see Green
Bay laying 2.5 with a total of 37.5.

If you haven’t already heard that Aaron Rogers takes over
for Brett Favre at QB for Green Bay,
then perhaps you should not be betting.

Green Bay is
17-3 their last 20 regular season games straight up.

This could easily be a low scoring game reports Bob Warner
of ScoresOddsPicks.com. He notes that
Green Bay allowed just 18.2 points
per game last year and Minnesota’s
tremendous run defense got better in the offseason with the addition of Jared
Allen.

He will be matched up against Chad Clifton who is a top
pass blocker though.

However, the Vikings are without suspended defensive
tackle Bryant McKinnie, starting Artis
Hicks instead.

For those who weigh preseason results, note that Vikings
superstar running back Adrian Peterson averaged just 2.6 yards per carry on 20
rushing attempts in the preseason.

Minnesota is
just 14-18 under head coach Brad Childress.

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handicapper Joe Duffy leads the staple of
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Scouts Inc. believes that the game films dictate that the
Vikings are vulnerable against the slant pass.

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Adding to that is that ESPN is reporting Seattle QB Matt
Hasselbeck is getting shots for pain, a bulging disk in his back, and the
Seahawks are significantly worried about this. Sportsbooks currently have the Bills
laying 1.5.

Cowboys-Browns

Most key indicators agree that Browns running back Jamal
Lewis is a game time decision. Derek Anderson is the starting QB for Cleveland
even though he missed two preseason games with a concussion. Braylon Edwards returns to the line-up for the Browns at WR.

The Pokes have the best opening day record straight up in
the NFL at 32-15-1. Cleveland has
lost their last three season opening games. However, they enter on a seven game
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Panthers-Chargers

Both quarterbacks Jake Delhomme and Philip Rivers will be
tested coming off injuries. So will Chargers tight end Antonio Gates. San
Diego has won 10-of-12 games straight up entering this
season, while Carolina lost
7-of-10.

The Panthers clearly though are better with Delhomme
healthy. Since the last game of the 2006 season, his QB rating is 116.1.

Ditto for the Chargers being better with
Philip Rivers at QB. They are 25-7 straight up with him including a
stunning 15-1 at home.

Cardinals-49ers

Mike Martz is the new offensive coordinator for San
Francisco and J.T. O’Sullivan
the new QB.

Bears-Colts

The Colts open a new stadium and they’ve won five straight
home openers. Kyle Orton gets the nod a QB for the Bears. They are a surprising
12-6 straight up with Orton starting.

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Jaguars-Titans

Of course the big question is the mental state of Jacksonville
following the shooting of backup tackle Richard Collier. Jacksonville’s
offensive line is banged up and starting wide receivers Jerry Porter is out and
Reggie Williams will be rusty after missing the preseason. Troubled WR Matt Jones starts for the Jags.

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Bengals-Bills

Buffalo
running back Willis McGahee will plays, but whether or not he starts is a game
time decision. So a full load is unlikely.

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Rams-Eagles

Philadelphia WR Reggie Brown is
doubtful and last years leading receiver Kevin Curtis is out. Rookie DeSean Jackson gets thrown to the wolves.

Buccaneers-Saints

For Tampa,
Antonio Williams starts at WR because Ike Hilliard is
hurt. Cadillac Williams is out, so Earnest Graham starts. The Bucs OL is hurting, so Donald Penn and Jeremy Zuttah, a rookie, are being forced into starting duty.
Brian Gould of ScoresOddsPicks.com
says the Buccaneers offensive line is one of the worst in the NFC
because of the injuries.

Joey Galloway should be close to 100 percent for Tampa.

Panthers-Chargers

For San Diego,
QB Philip Rivers and TE Antonio Gates star and Shawne
Merriman also plays passing up on knee surgery.

The Panthers are without WR
Steve Smith who is suspended and QB Jake Delhomme starts his first game since
getting Tommy John surgery. D.J. Hackett is not 100
percent, but will be available for Carolina.

Seahawks-Bills

Seattle is
without WRs Bobby Engram
and Deion Branch. For the Bills, Pro Bowl tackle is a
holdout.

Cowboys-Browns

Cleveland RB Jamal Lewis is a
game time decision.

Chiefs-Patriots

Bill Kayma of Lines-Maker.com reports that many
insiders believe Pats QB Tom Brady is not fully recovered from the injury that
limited him in the Super Bowl. “He is throwing off his toes,” reports the NFL
insider.

Ben Watson, one of Brady’s biggest targets, is listed at
doubtful.

Jets-Dolphins

It’s official, Ricky Williams
starts at RB for the Dolphins. We hear that the Jets
have a new QB in Brett Favre.

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Seahawks-Bills

Seattle is
just 11-21 all-time in openers, but they have won the last two. Buffalo
is as bad at 19-29. Maurice Morris gets the start at running back for Seattle,
head of a 1-2 punch with ex-Cowboy Julius Jones taking over for Shaun
Alexander.

Jets-Dolphins

Perhaps you’ve heard, but maybe you were busy watching the
Republican National Convention and Sarah Palin. So in
case you missed it, Brett Favre is making his debut as Jets QB. Though from Southern
Mississippi, Favre has played his best in the cold, going only 8-7
in Florida.

The subplot is former Jets starter Chad Pennington is the
now the starter at Miami. The Fins
could have a surprising 1-2 punch at running back if Ricky Williams avoids the
wacky tobaccy. He is backed up by Ronnie Brown who
has four 100-yard rushing games in seven starts before going down with a knee
injury. The Fins were more competitive than their record indicates as they led
the league with six losses by three or fewer points. The Jets only road win
last year was in Miami.

Lions-Falcons

Detroit got
out of the gate quickly last year winning their first two games but only
winning five of their final 14. Rookie Matt Ryan starts at QB for the Dirty
Birds. Atlanta has decent weapons
at running back adding free agent Michael Turner to go with Jerious
Norwood who showed flashes last season.

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Detroit has committed to much more of a ball control game
this season adding former Bengal Rudi Johnson and rookie Kevin Smith to the
mix. Detroit was 2-6 on the road
straight up last year. The teams alternated wins over the last seven, with Atlanta
“due” for the win here.

Rams-Eagles

With a healing Donovan McNabb, the Eagles were 5-1 in his
last six starts. D-Mac has a 95.3 rating in the contests. If you bet quarters,
note that the Rams allowed the most fourth quarter points last year.

Texans-Steelers

Andre Johnson is healthy for Houston.
Because of injuries, he started just nine games last year but led the league in
yards per game among receivers with at least 50 catches. The Steelers lead the
league in consecutive opening wins with five.

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Bengals-Ravens

Cincinnati has
won three straight season-openers. Baltimore
is 4-8 straight up in season openers, dead last in the conference. The Bengals
are 6-1 in the series. Rookie Joe Flacco starts for Baltimore
at QB. Flacco is being rushed due to the retirement
of Steve McNair and a season ending injury to Kyle Boller. Baltimore’s
John Harbaugh is making his regular season debut as a
head coach at any level.

We will update with the game day injuries on the famed Tailgate
Party, a must read for fantasy football players and bettors alike. However
it looks like both T.J. Houshmandzadeh and Chad Johnson will play for the
Bengals.  

Chiefs-Patriots

ESPN’s Ron Jaworski, a guy who
knows a little about quarterbacking and watching game films, said earlier this
week, he believes Tom Brady may still have the same injury that limited him in
the Super Bowl. Jaws said that Brady appears to still be throwing off his toe,
something he did not do until last year’s Super Bowl loss to the NY Giants.

New England has won 19 straight
regular season games

Buccaneers-Saints

Do the Saints have an upside? They were second in the
league last year in dropped passes and have added Jeremy Shockey to the fold.
The Saints are 13-28 all-time in openers including last year losing en route to
an 0-4 start.

Jaguars-Titans

Jacksonville
closed out last year winning 6-of-8 by an average of 12.9 points per game. They
were 9-3 when David Garrard starts. The Jags are 9-4 in openers.

The famed Tailgate
Party took a betting view of the South
Carolina-Vanderbilt clash, but let’s assist sports bettors with NFL picks.
The Washington Redskins take on the New York Giants. The betting line (NFL
betting odds)
has the Giants a four-point favorite with a total of 41.

The Giants do have all 11 starters from the Super Bowl
returning on the offensive side of the ball. However, they are minus perhaps
their two best defensive players from last year. Michael Strahan
retired and Osi Umenyiora
is on the injured reserve. However, Stahan’s
replacement Justin Tuck has been very impressive so far says Brian Gould of ScoresOddsPicks.com

The Redskins offense has been totally overhauled as rookie
head coach Jim Zorn takes over for legendary leader Joe Gibbs. Arguably the
biggest acquisition of the offseason was the Redskins adding Jason Taylor to
their defense.

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The Giants have won 10 of the last 15 meetings straight up.
The last five NFL season-opening games have been won by the home team.

Checking spread records (all are against the spread): the
Redskins are 9-19 in the month of September. But they are 28-11 as a road
underdog of 3.5-7. The Giants are on a 6-0 run and are 9-4 to the NFC East.

As far as over/under trends, the Skins have gone under
17-8 to the NFC East. Don’t forget to check out the home page of OffshoreInsiders.com and
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Here are news and notes and computer trends, as we take a
look from a bettor’s standpoint, the Vanderbilt and South
Carolina televised on ESPN.  South Carolina
is a 10 point road favorite with a total of 41 according to BetUs Sportsbook.

The Gamecocks will start backup quarterback Chris Smelley. However, Jimmy Ashton of Lines-Maker.com says that is not
necessarily bad news for USC. Starting QB Tommy Beecher threw four
interceptions in his first career start to NC State last week. Smelley came in and completed all five passes en route to
two scoring drives.

This is a huge revenge game for USC. Last year they were
6-1 and ranked sixth in the country, but were beaten in Columbia
by the Commodores 17-6. USC Running back Mike Davis starts after a token
non-start, but non-benching last week in which he carried just 14 times, but
rushed for 101 yards.

Vanderbilt will likely be without starting running back
Jeff Jennings because of a shoulder injury. This further depletes an offense
that has several injuries at wide receiver including starter George Smith.

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For those who bet college football
quarters note that Vanderbilt has little depth on the defensive line. Any
injury could be devastating.

Here are computer betting trends, all records are against
the spread. Vanderbilt is 2-11 off a win of 21 or more points. However, they
are also 10-2 in the month of September

As far as over/under trends, South
Carolina has gone under 13-3 on the road after a game
in which they committed three or more turnovers.

We get a lot of questions about sports handicapping radio
shows. Let’s give credit to Mark Lawrence, one of the pioneers in radio handicapping
with his “Against the Spread” radio show. Mark and Lenny Stevens, whom I was a
guest many times, are probably the two pioneers. Journeyman Mike Lett is another.

Now Scott Spreitzer, Brandon
Lang, and Bobby Ventura spend a lot of money doing infomercial appearances. Spreitzer and Lang (AKA Brandon
Lane) both are solid broadcasters who bring
information and personality to the table, but Ventura
is “painful to listen to. It is radio at its worst,” reports Brian Gould of ScoresOddsPicks.com.

SportsByline with Ron Barr used
to have some of the SportsMemo handicappers on
satellite radio and was pretty useful.

Still, we use sports radio hosts who have great
overlapping information for the sports bettor. Norm Hitzges of The Ticket in
Dallas, the recovering Jody McDonald of WPEN ESPN Radio in Philadelphia, Billy Werndl off the “Too Much Show” in San Diego, Mike Francesa
and even the Mad Dog of WFAN in New York, Mitch Levy
of KJR in Seattle.

Others report they like Stoney &
Wojo, Howard Eskin of WIP in Philadelphia
(a favorite of Lines-Maker.com
staffer Rex DeStephano), the Dennis and Callahan Show
on WEEI in Boston,
Mike and Mike (Mike Goldberg and Mike Golic) of ESPN
Radio, Tony Rizzo of WKNR in Cleveland,
among many others.

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will combine the betting primer with the computer trends. All trends are against
the spread unless over/under noted.

Colorado-Colorado State

Notes: It’s appropriate that both teams are 0-0 because
this may be the proverbial “throw out the records” series. The Buffalos have
won 4-of-6 but all six were decided by a touchdown or less and a combined 25
points. Five have been by five or less.

CSU quarterback Billy Farris makes his first start. He has
thrown just 39 passes, but look for a lot of running says Cy
McCormick of MasterLockLine.com because he is
supported by one of the deepest backfields in the nation.

Against the spread trends:

Kentucky-Louisville

Notes: Both teams have a ton of question marks. Louisville
will be without WR Trent Guy who was shot. Another WR JaJaun Spillman
and CB Rod Council have been kicked off the team.

Against the spread trends: Kentucky
is 4-0-1 outside the conference. Louisville
is 21-8 outside the conference, but 1-4 their last five on grass overall. The home
team has covered four straight in the series.

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It’ll be Red Sox/White Sox action on Saturday night as Boston
plays host to Chicago at Fenway Park
in a key American League series.  Here’s your Daily Sports Roundup . . .

Event of the day . . .

Josh Beckett was supposed to start the opener of the Sox/Sox series for Boston
on Friday, but he was scratched and Daisuke Matsuzaka was moved up in the
rotation instead. That meant the Red Sox needed to find a pitcher for a spot
start against the White Sox on Saturday night – and they seem to have settled
on Michael Bowden for the job. Righthander Bowden
will be making his Major-League debut in that contest.

The White Sox will send veteran Mark Buehrle (11-10, 3.86 ERA) to the mound
on Saturday night. Chicago has
managed to pick up the win in each of the lefthander’s last four starts. That
includes an outing against the Red Sox back on August 8 when Buehrle gave up
just a single earned run on four hits over his seven innings pitched.

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Non-event of the day . . .

Hands up if you missed the WNBA
during its Olympic break. Ok, hands up if you even knew the WNBA had an Olympic break. The summer’s
afterthought-of-a-league has four games on its Saturday schedule, including San
Antonio at Los Angeles.
Also on the slate: Atlanta at Indiana,
Washington at Minnesota,
and Houston at Sacramento.

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Also on the schedule . . .

Francisco Liriano (4-3, 3.83 ERA) will be looking to continue his impressive
comeback when he pitches in Oakland
for the Twins on Saturday night. Also on the American League
schedule: Toronto at the Yankees (at 1:05pm ET), Baltimore at Tampa Bay, Seattle
at Cleveland, Kansas City at Detroit, and Texas at the Angels.

Over in the National League the top pitching matchup is in Arizona,
where it’ll be the Dodgers’ Chad Billingsley (12-10, 3.15 ERA) vs. the D-Backs’
Dan Haren (14-6, 3.10 ERA). Rounding
out the NL slate: Philadelphia at the Cubs, Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, St. Louis at Houston, Atlanta at Washington, the Mets at Florida, San Francisco at Cincinnati, and Colorado at San Diego.

Finally, college football stages its first Saturday of wall-to-wall action,
with No. 1 Georgia playing Georgia
Southern in an expected blowout. Other notable matchups
for the day include Hawaii vs.
No. 5 Florida (-34.5), No. 24 Alabama vs. No. 9 Clemson (-4.5), No. 20 Illinois
vs. No. 6 Missouri (-8.5), and No. 3 Southern California (-19.5) vs. Virginia.        

The top football handicapper in the world Joe Duffy has his first Wise Guy
play on Utah and Michigan.
Will there be mutiny on the bounty for Rich Rodriquez, the new Michigan
head coach?

The impending Hurricane Gustav has already affected the sports world as LSU
has moved their game up to early Saturday to aid those who want to participate
in their favorite event before fleeing the Gulf
Coast on the three-year anniversary
of Hurricane Katrina.

News from the wire . . .

Outfielder Mark Kotsay made his debut for the Red
Sox on Thursday, collecting one hit in four at-bats . . . the Blue Jays have
sent veteran outfielder Matt Stairs to the Phillies and recalled top prospect
Travis Snider . . . Tight end Todd Heap returned to action for the Ravens on
Thursday . . . Colts head coach Tony Dungy fully expects quarterback Peyton
Manning to be ready to play for the team in its season opener next week.

Peek at the future . . .

The Sunday night baseball game this week is Los Angeles at Arizona, with
Derek Lowe (10-11, 3.81 ERA) facing Brandon Webb (19-5, 2.96 ERA) . . .
Coverage of the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway begins at 7:00pm ET on Sunday .
. . the Giants are listed as 3.5-point home favorites against the Redskins in
next Thursday’s NFL kickoff game.